Strong's #4846: sumpnigo (pronounced soom-pnee'-go)
from 4862 and 4155; to strangle completely, i.e. (literally) to drown, or (figuratively) to crowd:--choke, throng.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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sumpnigō
1) to choke utterly
1a) metaphorically the seed of the divine word sown in the mind
1b) to press round or throng one so as almost to suffocate him
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: from G4862 and G4155
Citing in TDNT: 6:455, 895
Usage:
This word is used 5 times:
Matthew 13:22: "world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word,"
Mark 4:7: "thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no"
Mark 4:19: "of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh"
Luke 8:14: "they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches"
Luke 8:42: "went the people thronged him."